Hm. Not really familiar with cc protection. Not even sure what I'd be asking them for. Would they reverse the charge and then I'd stick best buy with this broken iPad? That wouldn't be right... Or would they somehow help to cover the $219? Curious.

Good news - we plan to ship your iPad in the next five business days. We'll email you with a tracking number and carrier information once your iPad is on the way.
Additionally, you can now view your delivery date and order details by visiting apple.com/orderstatus.
The Apple Store

Called and received the same story that they have a lot of iPads to ship and they can't get it to me any quicker but when I pressed the issue they gave me a free Apple Smart Case "for my trouble" and now my iPad shows a delivery date of 11/19.

Why in the world would she credit you back for your smart case for no reason? I'm calling lies on this one.

Hey, I was totally surprised about the credit also. She said that it would show up in 3-5 days on my card. I think her name was Diedra? This is my story, and I'm sticking to it. Its the truth, I have no need to lie about it.

Good news - we plan to ship your iPad in the next five business days. We'll email you with a tracking number and carrier information once your iPad is on the way.
Additionally, you can now view your delivery date and order details by visiting apple.com/orderstatus.
The Apple Store

I just received the same e-mail. My original delivery was "by Nov. 23rd".

Good news - we plan to ship your iPad in the next five business days. We'll email you with a tracking number and carrier information once your iPad is on the way.
Additionally, you can now view your delivery date and order details by visiting bla bla bla.

As to why people are getting different responses, maybe the management is different at the different call centers? I must have "lucked" out and got an "easy" phone rep.

voip should work well enough over lte eh? I haven't had the pleasure of trying it.

it would be speakerphone only though :-/

Yes, I use the iPod touch with a MIFI device. VOIP works great. No contract and cost is way lower than Cell. If you need a lot of features then you must stick with cell. Eventually the market will shift to VOIP. Competition will drive it.
All cell features can be available on VOIP. Just a matter of someone doing it.

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Originally Posted by gotluck

heh, I believe it is possible with google voice with talkatone (no extra fees) or a similar service. The experience would lack the Apple polish though. My experience with voip over 3g has been spotty at best.

I've heard people with ipod touch's making calls over wifi this way. I'd be curious if it worked well over LTE. Could save some major $$ avoiding the voice plans.

It works great for me. I use the iPod touch with a MIFI ,and use Skype VOIP.
I have voice mail and an internet phone number. Save a ton of money.
As I mentioned in another post, if you need a lot of features it won't work for you until it becomes more mainstream and they start having all the cell features.

I just called Apple, and asked them to upgrade me to next day shipping. My AT&T mini now shows a delivery date of Nov 16.:
"Available to ship: 5 business days
Delivers Nov 16 via Next Day Shipping"

I have no idea what will actually happen. Honestly, I suspect that they will ship them all the same method to arrive on the day that they appear in stores. They are going to be shipping millions of these all at once. All the previous launches have involved Apple shipping the product a bit early and having FedEx hold on to them so they don't arrive early.

I don't think that Apple will pay any attention at all to the shipping method listed in the store. Product launches are carefully planned, timed events that happen to a schedule. They don't really use standard FedEx services. They have special deals and, I would guess, plan in advance with FedEx so they know when to expect the fleet of airplanes with iPads.

That being said, if the mini is in stores before I get mine, I will attempt to buy one at a store and return the unopened box when mine comes in the mail. But I ain't waiting all night at the Apple Store.

I called the first time and they wouldn't change it (for the same reasons as others have stated). The second time I called, I did everything through the automated system until I asked for expedited delivery and then I was transferred to a live person who changed it to next day for delivery on the 16th.

Okay, so after calling people liars I take it back. I called again and I spoke to someone who said he could try to expedite my shipping but it could possibly cause the system to cancel my order but I said let's try it anyway. My new delivery date is November 16 (next day shipping). He said I shouldn't get charged for next day but if I do he made a note to remove that next day shipping charge. I wasn't offered a free Smart Cover though.

After reading this thread, I called Apple to see if they could modify my shipping. they did change from Standard to Next Day. I had my credit card out to pay the difference but they said there was no cost. That surprised me...

What my status shows is:

iPad mini with Wi-Fi + Cellular for Verizon 16GB - Black & Slate
Available to ship:* 5 business days
Delivers* Nov 16 via Next Day Shipping, before noon

No luck for me. They said the shipping could not be changed. I wasn't offered a smartcover either, dang it

I wonder if Apple has a system that offers different uplifts to shipping, etc based on factors such as dollar amounts of purchaes by a customer, etc.? I've bought several thousand dollars of Apple products over the past year (almost all for work, which then reimburses me) and maybe that amount gets plugged into some sort of formula?

I wonder if Apple has a system that offers different uplifts to shipping, etc based on factors such as dollar amounts of purchaes by a customer, etc.? I've bought several thousand dollars of Apple products over the past year (almost all for work, which then reimburses me) and maybe that amount gets plugged into some sort of formula?

I doubt it. I've done almost the same just in the past 2 months between iPhones & iPads for myself & family. I was finally able to get my shipping updated so I'm a happy camper.